Newspaper reporter Yuan Yongding (played by Wan Ziliang) met a woman named Ruhua (played by Anita Mui) who came to post a missing person advertisement. He accidentally discovered that the cold and beautiful woman was a ghost. As early as 50 years ago, she was a famous prostitute and met a dandy boy named Chen Zhenbang (played by Leslie Cheung). Ruhua fell deeply in love with this passionate young man. The two had reached the point of discussing marriage. Due to the disparity in status, they were strongly opposed by the family of Twelve Young Master. In desperation, they used rouge buttons to seal their love and swallowed opium together to die for love. Ruhua failed to see her lover in the underworld, so she went to the world of the living to look for him. With the help of two reporters, Ruhua learned that the Twelve Young Master had been rescued and was now living in poverty. Faced with the cowardice of the Twelve Young Master, Ruhua was heartbroken and returned the rouge buttons to the underworld to reincarnate.